With the support of City of Newcastle; University Chaplaincy; and (of course) North East CALL TO ACTION

The aim of this initiative, which is unique throughout the UK, is simple – it is to promote support for the endeavour to: “free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanising conditions of extreme poverty” (UN Millennium Declaration, September 2000)

The inaugural event last year was given by Baroness Glenys Kinnock and was an outstanding success and we are delighted to be able to announce that this year’s lecture will be given by Kevin Watkins, one of the world’s great champions of the drive against ‘extreme poverty’.

“Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity to rise up. Make Poverty History in 2005. Make History in 2005. Then we can all stand with our heads held high.”
Nelson Mandela, 2005